In Paterson, New Jersey during the early 1980s, Marie Moore was seen as the neighbourhood’s ‘cool mum’. The 35-year-old allowed her 12-year-old daughter Tammy to have friends over as often as she liked, and would even take the pre-teen and her friends out on fun excursions. But the tide turned one day when Marie made a shocking revelation, and suddenly the home that had been a safe haven for local kids became a house of horrors…
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Anonymous Hos...
2025-05-10 07:06:20 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patreon, it's time for another episode of Behind The Files and the general Q&A. This episode will cover Case 314 Yarmila Falater, Case 315 Operation Cacam, Case 316 Gilbert Bogle & Margaret Chandler and Case 317 Thomas Perez. If you have any questions relating to those episodes, or anything you'd like the team to discuss about those episodes, put them in the comments below. As always, if you have any general questions you'd like to ask the team, you can also put those in the com...
2025-05-09 03:39:14 +0000 UTC
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This is a heads up for our valued listeners to let you know that our mid-year pause on episode releases is coming up. This year, our pause will be slightly longer than usual, with the last episode being released at the end of May. We will be back with brand new episodes in mid July.
As always, this isn’t a holiday or a break for us. Taking some time between releases gives our team the essential space we need for research, writing and production. A significant amount of time and effort...
2025-05-09 03:19:25 +0000 UTC
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On September 15 2003, Singaporean student Ram Tiwary awoke in his Sydney apartment to find his two flatmates, Tony Tan Poh Chuan and Tay Chow Lyang, had been brutally murdered. A suspicious car seen in the area leads police on a hunt for the killers, until another suspect emerges closer to home.
Team:
Anonymous Host - narration
Elsha McGill - research, writing
2025-05-03 07:21:59 +0000 UTC
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When 71-year-old Thomas Perez Senior failed to return home after a short walk to his mailbox in Fontana, California, his son Tom wasn’t overly concerned. He suspected his father had just gone to visit friends or family and would return home of his own accord. But when police arrived at the Perez home to complete a missing person’s report, they came to suspect something else entirely.
This was Premium Episode #32, released in November 2024. It is not new content, it is the same e...
2025-05-03 07:19:10 +0000 UTC
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In April 2025, Behind the Files and the Q&A, the Anonymous Host is joined by Elsha and Eileen to answer your questions and discuss the making of:
Case 310 - Kalinka Bamberski
Case 311 - Russell Hill & Carol Clay
Case 312 - Dustin Wehde
Case 313 - Keith Hibbins
2025-04-30 15:37:10 +0000 UTC
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23-year-old Welsh backpacker Kirsty Jones had her whole life ahead of her when she set out for a two year trip across Asia, Australia and South America. Tragically, that trip was cut short just two months in when Kirsty was found strangled to death in her room at The Aree Guesthouse in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Thai police anticipated a quick arrest, but what followed was a media circus and bungled investigation that left the Jones family and young travellers everywhere desperate for answers.
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2025-04-26 07:46:04 +0000 UTC
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When the bodies of Doctor Gilbert Bogle and Margaret Chandler were found along the banks of Sydney’s Lane Cove River on New Year's Day 1963, scandal and suspicion erupted. The two were married - but not to each other - raising immediate questions of foul play. Yet as investigators peeled back the layers of this bizarre case, they found themselves tangled in a mystery far stranger than anyone had imagined.
Team:
Anonymous Host - narration
2025-04-19 08:43:03 +0000 UTC
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** Content Warning: child victims, child abuse, child sexual assault, child exploitation **
In 2013, a forum appeared on the dark web called Hurt2theCore. Run by an anonymous user known only as Lux, it was a digital cesspool dedicated to one of the most vile subgenres of illicit pornography. It quickly became Lux’s most notorious creation and drew the attention of global law enforcement.
As investigators delved into its murky depths, they found themselves up against one...
2025-04-12 07:08:01 +0000 UTC
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Just a reminder that the team will be recording BTF and Q&A soon. The cases being covered this episode are Case 310 Kalinka Bamberski, Case 311 Russell Hill & Carol Clay, Case 312 Dustin Wehde and Case 313 Keith Hibbins. As always, put your questions in the comments below. Thank you!
2025-04-10 23:50:16 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patreon, it's time for another BTF and Q&A. The cases being covered this episode are Case 310 Kalinka Bamberski, Case 311 Russell Hill & Carol Clay, Case 312 Dustin Wehde and Case 313 Keith Hibbins. As always, put your questions in the comments below.
2025-04-10 05:03:27 +0000 UTC
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On a January night in 1997, Yarmila Falater was brutally stabbed and drowned in the family’s backyard pool. Her husband, Scott Falater, was caught red-handed, but claimed he had no memory of the crime. What followed was a high-profile trial that pitted science against suspicion, as experts debated whether Yarmila’s death was a tragic accident or deliberate murder.
Team:
Anonymous Host - narration
Milly ...
2025-04-05 06:55:32 +0000 UTC
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On Anzac Day of 1999, life partners Keith Hibbins and David Campbell were walking through the Fitzroy Gardens in Melbourne when they were approached by two agitated young men, John Whiteside and Kristian Dieber. The young men claimed they were on the lookout for a pair of rapists who had just sexually assaulted a young woman nearby, but were they telling the truth?
This was Premium Episode #27, released in June 2024. It is not new content, it is the same episode, but as Premium epis...
2025-04-05 06:51:49 +0000 UTC
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In late 2015, a young pizza delivery man named Khalil Abu Rayyan from Dearborn Heights, Michigan met and fell in love with a woman he met online. Jannah Bride had approached Khalil via the social media platform Twitter, and the two soon became close. Over the course of several months, Khalil would start admitting disturbing things to Jannah – fantasies he had about harming others. But nothing in the relationship was as it seemed…
Anonymous Host - narration
Erin Munro - re...
2025-04-04 11:36:47 +0000 UTC
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In late 2015, a young pizza delivery man named Khalil Abu Rayyan from Dearborn Heights, Michigan met and fell in love with a woman he met online. Jannah Bride had approached Khalil via the social media platform Twitter, and the two soon became close. Over the course of several months, Khalil would start admitting disturbing things to Jannah – fantasies he had about harming others. But nothing in the relationship was as it seemed…
Anonymous Host - narration
Erin Munro - re...
2025-03-29 07:00:07 +0000 UTC
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In March 2025, Behind the Files and the Q&A, the Anonymous Host is joined by Milly and Erin to answer your questions and discuss the making of:
Case 307 - The Night Caller
Case 308 - Ruth Finley
Case 309 - Lindsay Jellett
2025-03-27 11:12:38 +0000 UTC
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Case 312: Dustin Wehde
When first responders arrived at the Roberts family home in the small town of Early, Iowa, on December 13 2001, they found 20-year-old Dustin Wehde lying in a pool of his own blood. The homeowner, Tracey Roberts, claimed she’d shot Dustin in an act of self defence after he and another unknown assailant broke in and threatened to kill her and her children. As investigators looked into possible suspects, several persons of interest emerged. But all was not as it s...
2025-03-22 07:56:19 +0000 UTC
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When 74-year-old Russell Hill and 73-year-old Carol Clay vanished while camping in Victoria’s rugged High Country, their disappearance brought many hidden secrets to light. People theorised that the pair had run away together, were the victims of a murder-suicide, or had accidentally been killed by hunters. But there was only one person out there who knew the truth.
Team:
Anonymous Host - narration
Eileen Ormsby ...
2025-03-15 08:12:52 +0000 UTC
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After 14-year-old Kalinka Bamberski is found dead in her own bed in the German town of Lindau, her French father André Bamberski refuses to accept that she died of natural causes. The further he digs, he starts to suspect that foul play was involved, and that the person responsible was none other than Kalinka’s stepfather, Doctor Dieter Krombach. Will André’s suspicions be taken seriously, or will he be forced to take matters into his own hands?
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2025-03-08 08:22:25 +0000 UTC
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When 41-year-old Lindsay Jellett failed to return home from his evening walk around the Victorian town of Ararat in May 1994, staff at his residential care unit were immediately worried. As well as being intellectually disabled, Lindsay had epilepsy which required nightly medication and it wasn’t like him to lose track of time. As daybreak emerged, a grim discovery led to the question - who would want to hurt this innocent man?
This was Premium Episode #25, released in April. It i...
2025-03-08 08:19:41 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patreon, it is time for the first BTF + Q&A of 2025. This episode will cover the cases of Case 307 The Night Caller, Case 308 Ruth Finley and Case 309 Lindsay Jellett. Be sure to put your questions for any of these cases, or any general Q&A questions, in the comments below.
2025-03-04 01:37:20 +0000 UTC
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When 46-year-old Vincent Viafore disappeared while kayaking on the Hudson River with his fiancée, 35-year-old Angelika Graswald, it was initially believed to be a tragic accident. However, Angelika’s story and behaviour soon raised troubling questions about what really happened.
Anonymous Host - narration
Milly Raso - research, writing, creative direction
Mike Migas - production, music
Anthony Telfer - audio editing
2025-03-01 08:04:45 +0000 UTC
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In the late 1970s, Wichita secretary Ruth Finley began to receive cryptic letters and chilling threats from a mysterious figure known only as ‘The Poet.’ For years, The Poet tormented Ruth and her husband Ed, leaving them in a constant state of confusion and fear. Despite relentless efforts from the police, The Poet continued to evade detection. But as the investigation unfolded, the truth that emerged left everyone questioning what was real.
Team:
Anonymous H...
2025-02-22 07:42:12 +0000 UTC
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By mid-1963, The Night Caller’s reign of terror had altered Perth forever, and he still remained at large and unidentified. Following another execution-style slaying in Perth’s wealthy western suburbs, investigators set a trap that would expose his identity as Eric Edgar Cooke. Cooke’s capture would ultimately lead to the unravelling of countless terrible secrets…
Team:
Anonymous Host - narration
Erin Munro - research, writing
Milly Raso - crea...
2025-02-15 08:14:31 +0000 UTC
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The city of Perth in Western Australia is sometimes described as the most isolated city in the world. During the late 1950s, Perth’s idyllic beaches, laidback lifestyle and small town atmosphere made it feel like a safe, protected place to live. But that sense of safety would be abruptly shattered by a man who would come to be known as The Night Caller.
Team:
Anonymous Host - narration
Erin Munro - research, writing
Milly Raso - creative direction
2025-02-15 07:35:36 +0000 UTC
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2025-02-04 03:32:39 +0000 UTC
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In December 2024, Behind the Files and the Q&A, the Anonymous Host is joined by Milly and Elsha to answer your questions and discuss the making of:
Case 303 - Duncan MacPherson
Case 304 - The Staudte Family
Case 305 - Marshall Street
Case 306 - Ina & David Steiner
2024-12-20 17:56:22 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patreon,
While we continue to busily prepare for the 2025 release schedule, it is time to record the last BTF and Q&A of 2024. The cases being covered this episode are; Case 303 Duncan MacPherson, Case 304 The Staudte Family, Case 305 Marshall Street and Case 306 Ina and David Steiner. If you have any questions relating to these cases specifically or any general questions for the team, please put them in the comments below!
2024-12-12 00:39:27 +0000 UTC
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To our valued Patreon supporters.
We are aware that some of you have voiced disappointment over the length of our end of year break and we want you to know that we take your feedback seriously.
As others have kindly pointed out, other than a short break over Christmas, we will not be taking holidays during this time. A great deal of time and care goes into producing every single Casefile episode (roughly a month of work for a one hour episode), and the writing team will be ...
2024-12-02 22:35:10 +0000 UTC
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Hello listeners.
This week's episode, Case 306, Ina & David Steiner, will be our final episode for 2024. We'll be back soon with new episodes in February, but for now, the Casefile team will be busy behind the scenes preparing for next year's releases.
The team at Casefile would like to thank each and every one of you for your time, feedback, and ongoing support. It's hard to believe that we're about to embark on our tenth year of the show while being stronger than ever...
2024-12-01 09:55:31 +0000 UTC
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